Morningstar: A Year Later, LA Wildfires Were ‘Significant Stress Event’ for Insurance January 6, 2026 In a report one year on from the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025, which started on Jan. 7, Morningstar...
Woman Who Lost Home in LA Wildfire Sowed Hope Where Her Home Once Stood January 6, 2026 By Alex Veiga Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood—one sunflower at a time. The registered...
Insurance Payments Now at $22.4B From LA Wildfires One Year Ago January 5, 2026 Insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion on tens of thousands of claims from the Los Angles wildfires that broke...
Hawaii Hopes New Laws Will Quiet Illegal Fireworks After Deadly New Year’s Eve Blast December 31, 2025 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts...
Father of NASCAR Great Hamlin Killed in NC House Fire That Destroyed Home December 30, 2025 The father of longtime NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin died from a house fire and his mother was left in critical...
Top West Region Insurance Journal Stories of 2025 December 29, 2025 By Don Jergler California’s wildfire and homeowners insurance crisis were the most read stories in Insurance Journal’s Western region this year. It was...
Hawaii Building Fires Are on the Rise and Safety Inspections Aren’t Keeping Up December 23, 2025 By Matthew Leonard Regular inspections of hotels and other accommodations required by the state of Hawaii are being inconsistently carried out by most...
Climate Insurance Gap Is Widening – Leaving Marginalized Canadians Behind December 22, 2025 By Anne E. Kleffner, Derek Cook and Mary Kelly Every year, extreme weather events wreak havoc across Canada, disrupting the lives of tens of thousands. Financial losses from these...
Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent December 19, 2025 The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state...
11 Firefighters and 2 Others Injured After NC House Explosion and Fire December 19, 2025 Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina,...